Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Fingerprinting assignment

Just a note about an assignment coming home today.

We are studying fingerprinting in class, conducting it like we would a science fair project.  Our purpose, asked as a question, is "Are fingerprints inherited?"  Each student has taken a full set of their own fingerprints and we've looked at the 3 main categories of identification.  (Whorls, Arches, Loops) 

Today, each student is bringing home 2 sheets of paper, each with a hand printed on it.  Their assignment is to take the prints of a relative...preferably mom and/or dad.  This could be one hand of mom and one of dad...or both hands of one parent.  However, if for ANY reason you, as a parent, don't want your fingerprint taken, hopefully it would be OK to take the prints of a grandparent or a sibling.  If not, please let me know in writing. 

Room 5 is very excited over this science experiment.  I don't know the answer ... and I'm eager to find the answer right along with Room 5!


2 comments:

Amy said...

Thank you for the heads-up about the assignment :)

Judy said...

You are most welcome, Amy! I'm glad to know you're reading the blog :)